Re: The most aweful lake we have ever been on
We actually went to a large but shallow lake thats local to us about 3 weeks ago. Lake Koshkonong. Wife's family had a summer home there for 50 years but it was destroyed in a 2008 flood. the lake is damned on one end and a river flows thru it, flooded marsh more or less and the lake is very popular with all types of boats. So we launch at the same kind of crappy launch with trees and woods all encroached on it for $5, the mickey mouse aluminum pier is about 12" long and has no cleats
So we get underway prop trimmed up and it feels like we're draggin on the bottom, a rumble here a thunk there so I a ask a passing boater is it shallow here ? He repsonds "ultra shallow".
So we get out onto the 10'-12' deep part of the lake and have fun, toss an anchor in this one bay, jump out and have a little swim with our baby girl, ah yum knee high muck. :redface: Ah yes, the ole lake Koshkonong.
I just checked my lake Michigan super launch this morning and its back to being free, the attendants have been there on and off for the last 2 week and I launched free 2 of the 3 last times I went, will be free again today. Only launch in our county that does not have a self serve drop box. Only city "owned" launch in the county as well, the city leases the right to collect the boat launch fee's to a local yocal who also then cleans the bathrooms and runs a little concession stand. Think he gives the city about $4g's a year to control the deal, they do a nice job.
2009 boating season in the good ole Midwest the boat launch collects fees June, July and August, its free most of spring and all of fall and all of winter,
GREAT.
No problems on Michigan with my little old boat, a little common sense is all I use. I would love a bigger and better boat but this boat works just fine and I don't see myself changing for a good while, a cubby would be nice for our 3 year old girl.
Fishermen, I mean FREAKS take little 16' tinny's 12-15 miles out to fish. The preferred fishing here is about 10-15 miles offshore here and the fishermen take all types of boats out there. Also right now the fish are coming into the river right now so there are a bunch of boats trolling at the mouth of the river.
I'm never more than a mile or 2 offshore myself but I'm boating to burn gas, eat and relax. Have seen plenty of kayak fishermen a mile or 2 out on the nice days, the water has been almost glass like here for the past week. The past ten days has been the warmest and nicest in a month here.
The water on Lake Michigan is crystal clear and blue green in the shallows, looks just like what I see in the Bahama and FLA advertisements.
